Cottonwood assault suspect arrested

A 39-year-old Cottonwood man has been arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and other charges in connection with an April 28 fight, the Tehama County Sheriff's Office reported Thursday.

Dustin Alan Mingarelli was booked into Tehama County Jail in lieu of $150,000 bail after he surrendered to authorities.

In addition to assault with a deadly weapon, Mingarelli was arrested on suspicion of mayhem and assault with great bodily injury.

Sheriff's deputies said they were called around 11:40 a.m. on April 28 to the Tabitha Court area in Cottonwood in response to a report of a physical assault with a man unconscious in the roadway.

Deputies said they found a disoriented Brian Paul Carmack suffering from head and face injuries. But, deputies said, Carmack could not remember what had happened to him.

He was taken by an ambulance to a hospital for treatment.

In the meantime, deputies said they found a witness who told deputies that Mingarelli and Carmack had been in a physical fight in the roadway.

At one point of the fight, deputies said they were told, Mingarelli knocked Carmack to the ground and kicked him in the head before leaving the area.